The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1929 Page: 3 of 8
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MISS POLAND WITHDRAWS
’ Warsaw, April 19. — Miss Ladis-
las, who was selected as ‘Miss Po-
land” to compete for the world beau-
ty contest at Galveston, Texas, an-
nounced today she had withdrawn.
She said that a letter from the Right
Rev. Christopher E. Byrne, bishop of
Galveston, advising that the compe-
tition was unbecomng to a lady and
that she would be required to parade
in front of crowds while clad in a
bathing suit, had influenced her de-
cision.
Men’s and boys’ harvest straw hats
in medium and large shapes for 25c
at The Hub. (w)
Miss Gladys Sparks, of the Uni-
versity of Texas, Austin, spent the
past week-end here in the home of
her father, L. R. Sparks.
Carl Sehlomach, who is a student
in Baylor University, Waco, spent the
week-end in Lampasas with his sis-
ter, Miss Lora Scklomaeh, and his
aunt, Miss Dox*a Sehlomach, who ac-
companied him as far as Belton on
his return to Waco Sunday after-noon.
H. V. Seale and daughter, Miss
Ruby Mae, spent Sunday in Brady.
Mrs. D. T. Briggs is spending a few
days in Temple with her son, Wallace,
who is reported to be recuperating
nicely from an operation for ap-
pendicitis, in a hospital in that city.
Neatsfoot hai-ness oil $1.40 per gal-
lon. City Shoe Shop. «v/)
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Gamel and son,
James, and daughter, Mrs. Carl Sav-
age and little son, Carl Jr., and Mrs.
Roy Reed, of Houston, were visitors
in Temple Sunday. They were ac-
companied to Temple by Glenn Gam-
el, of Burnet, who went from there
to Dallas to enroll in the Barnes
School of Embalming where he will
study for four weeks prior to tak-
ing the state board examination to
be a licensed embalmer.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Biggs and Mr.
and Mrs. C. D. Finney were here to-
day (Monday) to spend the day with
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Robinson of
Hempstead, acompanied by Will
Miekow, spent Sunday here in the
home of their daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Abney. They returned home
Monday, accompanied by Miss Lucille
Robinson, who has been visiting in
the Abney home for several days.
MrsTVelma Seals Huggins and son,
Garnett, were guests Tuesday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wagle.
They have been visiting in Adams -
ville for a few days and attending
to business and returned Tuesday
night to their home at Mansfield.
Just received, big assortment of
new silk dresses for summer wear,
special price each $5.95. The Hub (w)
John S. Webber of Kelly Field, and
Wm. Webber, who is a student in the
University of Texas, Austin, came in
Monday afternoon for a visit in the
home of their sister and aunt, Miss
Elaine Webber.
Women’s all silk chiffon hose in new
summer colors specially priced at 89c
per pair at The Hub. (w)
Miss Myrtle Hutto, formerly of this
city, who is now making her home
at Melvin, was operated on Saturday
for appendicitis in a Brady Hospital.
She is reported to be resting nicely
at this time. Miss Ruth Landrum,
who has been visiting Miss Hutto for
the past two weeks, is with her.
See the new styles in ladies purses
and costume jewelry just received at
The Hub (w)
Mr. and Mrs. M. Y. Stokes, Jr.,
“Penny” Not Official
U. S. Coin Designation
“Penny” is not the official designa-
tion of any coin minted by the United
States. The application of “penny” to
the cent, however, dates back to the
beginning of our money system.
Until after the Revolutionary war
the English penny circulated freely in
this country. Although one-cent pieces
had been previously coined by several
of the states, the word “cent” did not
appear officially in connection with
a federal coin until 1786. August 8 of
that year the Continental congress
passed a law which prescribed “Cents:
The highest copper piece, of which
100 shall be equal to the dollar.”
October 16, 1786, it was ordained
by congress, “That no foreign copper
coin whatsoever shall after the first
day of September, 1787, be current
within the United States of America.”
This law removed the English penny
from circulation in this country, but
the name “penny” was transferred to
our cent in popular usage and it has
tenaciously clung to it ever since.
After the present Constitution was
adopted the cent was retained as
part of our monetary system. April
2, 1792, congress passed an “act es-
tablishing a mint, and regulating the
coins of the United States.” This act
prescribed “Cents—each to be of the
value of the one-hundredth part of a
dollar, and to contain eleven penny-
weights of copper.”
Porter Briggs happened to the
misfortune of injuring his right leg
when he fell from a horse he was rid-
ing Sunday while visiting at his
grand-mothers at Kempner. His leg
is bruised and swollen from the ef-
fects of the fall.
New, pretty, summer styles in lad-
ies hats specially priced at $2.95
each at The Hub. (w)
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Townsen of
Temple spent Sunday here in the
home of his mother, Mrs. J. W. Town-
sen. They returned to Temple Sun-
day night accompanied by Miss Min-
nie Crawford and her sister, Mrs.
James Stewart, who will spend a day
or two: in that city.
Quality plus price is 'the thing.
Come in, compare our prices and be
convinced. The Hub. (w)
Mr. and Mrs. Hansford Berry and
son, Joe, and Mrs. Frank Aycock of
Rogers were guests here Sunday in
i nthe home of Mr. Berry’s Parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. H. Berry.
J. J. Harvey and sister, Mrs. Jes-
sie Cowan and son, Victor, and Claud
Largent, of Huntington Park, Cali-
fornia, came in Sunday to see their
| father and grandfathex-, W. H. H.
| Harvey, who is spending a time here
in the home of his daughter, Mrs. A.
Largent. Mr. Harvey has been quite
sick but is repoi-ted to be some bet-
ter at this time.
Neatsfoot harness oil $1.40 per gal-
lon. City Shoe Shop. (w)
Rev. A. C. Donath, pastor of the
Baptist Church of this city, left Sun-
day afternoon for Bartlett where he
will conduct a two-week’s meeting.
and two sons, of Houston, were guests
here Sunday in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. M. Y. Stokes. William H.
Stokes of Dallas also visited with his
parents. M. Y. Stokes, Jr., returned
Monday to his home in Houston, and
was accompanied by his mother and
Mrs. Chas. E. Stokes and little son.
Mrs. M. Y. Stokes, Jr., and two sons
went to Goldthwaite to visit with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Thomp-
son.
Neatsfoot harness oil $1.40 per gal-
lon. City Shoe Shop. Vw^
Miss Nell Berry of Plainview arriv-
ed Friday evening for a vacation
vist here in the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. H. Berry. She
was accompanied to Lampasas by
Miss Lora Lee Doughtery, of Plain-
view, who went on to Killeen Satur-
j day morning for a visit with relatives.
Ants by the Millions
Used to Worry Beetles
“Without Black Ants No Cocoa,”
reads a sign posted at the entrance
of a great plantation in Central Java.
It does not go unheeded, either, for
the natives hand in some 4,000,000
nests of these little creatures every
year, and receive payment in return.
These black ants live upon trees in-
fested by the white cocoa louse.
Neither the louse nor the ants in-
jure the trees. The real enemy is a
certain beetle whose name is Helo-
peltis, which also attacks the tea
plant. It has been found that when
the black ants are present the Helo-
peltis fails to injure the trees. Ap-
parently this sap-sucking pest is dis-
turbed by the activity of the ants, for
the latter do not attack the beetle,
This is why the black ants are pro-
tected. Food is provided for them by
picking the white cocoa louse from
the shells of the fruit, where they
congregate, and placing them on the
cocoa trees to attract the ants and
disturb the beetles.
People Must Reform
The people have revolted many
times throughout their history, but
have never yet revolted against their
own worthlessness.
We can never have real reform
until the people are somehow made
to realize that there is but one re-
form : for the people themselves to
reform; not to glorify their race .or
pastors, but to make themselves
more comfortable.
The one great thing to strive for
is to render life as easy, comfortable
and successful as possible; to modify
savage nature. This can best be done
by people behaving better; to help
rather than fight each other.—E. W.
Howe’s Monthly.
Bottles Drift Far
Bottled paper, thrown overboard at
sea to study ocean drift, is printed
at the navy hydrographic office in
eight languages. This paper is placed
In a bottle, sealed, and thrown over-
board and has been known to drift
from 5 to 5,000 miles, having been
in the water from six days to six
years. One bottle was thrown in the
water at Cape Good Hope, Africa, and
recovered on the west coast of Chile,
South America, having drifted 8,800
miles. Another was thrown overboard
off Cape Horn, southernmost, point of
the South American mainland, and
drifted to New Zealand, a distance of
about 10,250 miles.
Time Out
Sophomore—Say, what’s all this I
hear about Coach putting Bull Fuller
on the third" team? Bull’s the niftiest
triple-threat man in the conference.
Junior—You mean “was.” That job
he took last summer as a hod car-
rier to harden himself just about
ruined him.
Sophomore — How d’you mean,
“ruined him?”
Junior — Coach says Bull’s mind
isn’t on the play any more. It’s on
the whistle.
AH at Hit Service
A former college president, passing
through the city, was invited to lunch
at the home of one of his alumnae.
The five-year-old daughter of the
house was delegated to show the dis-
tinguished guest up to wash his
hands. Opening the door of the bath-
room, which was duly fitted out with
the best embroidered linens in honor
of the occasion, Sally said: “Just
make yourself at home and,” with a
royal gesture, “you may use any of
the towels.”—Indianapolis News.
Up Against It
Judge—Why did you knock down
the semaphore?
Green motorist—Well, your honor I
didn’t know whether to run to the
right of it or to the left of it, so to
play safe 1 ran over it.
Calling on Daughter
“I’m gonna shoot that critter in the
coonskin coat. ”
“No neeu to shoot him, paw. Set
a steel trap for him.”
KNOT HOLES
Yol. 1.
Lampasas, Texas
No. 17
Published in the In-
terest of the People
of Lampasas by W.
F. & J. F. Barnes
Lumber Co., R. J.
Robertson, Editor.
EDITORIAL
t As we approach the
first days of May
it seems to us we
are reaching’ the
happiest time of
the year. But hap-
piness is shy. It
steals into your
heart while you are
busy doing for
others, and cannot
be captured by one
who devotes his
time to chasing it.
* * *
Spring Cleaning
A fine way to break
your* bajek in the
spring is to walk
into the living room
in the dark and sit
down where the
davenport was yes-
terday.
* * *
Every day in every
way, more people
coming here to
stay.
* * *
Mr. Jno. R. Bigham
of Austin has start-
ed the work on Tom
Richey’s home on
Second Street. This
will be a brick ven-
eer building and will
have all the modern
built in features and
up-to-date building
ideas.
* *
Mr. E. A. Groves
has started the ad-
dition of a sleeping
porch to his resi-
dence on the Izora
road. The contrac-
tor on this job being
N. E. Loving.
* * *
F. J. Harris has
started an addition
to the building on
Third and Chestnut
Streets. When this
building is complet-
ed it will have four
up-to-date apart-
ments.
* * *
We have just placed
an order for a car of
composition shingles
this makes the sec-
ond car this year.
These shingles will
be in, in a few days.
They will be the
very thing for that
old leaky roof as
they &an be put
right on over the
old shingles. This
saves the expense of
removing the old
shingles and does
not leave you out in
the weather while
they are being put
You never saw a
fire start on a roof
shingled with these
kind of shingles.
This kind of roof is
good insurance.
* * *
W. N. Moss of Izora
has started the ad-
dition of a sleeping
porch to his resi
dence. Mr. Moss
has the right idea
as a good sleeping
porch is a good in-
vestment as it in-
sures a good night’s
sleep after a days
work in the hot sun
shine.
W. F. & J. F.
Barnes Lumber Co.
Everything to Build
Anything
Phone No. 193
Lampasas, Texas
Local Market Report.
Below are the prices being paid
today by local buyers for the various
oroducts:
Grain.
Oats ....s................ 48c to 50c bushel
Ear Corn ..........................75c bushel
' Shell Corn ......................$1.00 bushel
Barley .............................. 60c bushel
Wheat ................ 80 c to 90c bushel
Maize ............................$1.50 hundred
Poultry.
Fryers........................20c to 30c pound
Hens ....................20c to 22c pound
Roosters ..............................9c pound
Turkeys ................ 10c to 18c pound
Eggs ..............................18c dozen
General.
Cream ................................ 40 pound
Beeswax ..............................20c pound
Green Hides ......................9c pound
Cotton middling basis .... 18c pound
Cotton Seed ............ $32.00 per ton
Pecans..........................7c to 8c pound
SAN SABA SCHOOL GIRL
DIES OF POISONING
San Saba, Texas, April 24.—Miss
Dittie Hicks, 16, San Saba High
School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Hicks, died Monday night from the
effects of a dose of strychnine, self-
inflicted. The poison was taken at
the school bulding Monday morning
and efforts of physicians to save her
life were futile. A letter was left
by the girl, the contents of which
wei-e not given out. The body was
bui’ied in San Saba cemetery Tuesday
afternoon.
SIX CARS OF LIVESTOCK
ARE SHIPPED THIS WEEK
Cowan and Hendrix shipped one
car of sheep to the Fort Worth max*-
ket this week and Buck Winters ship-
ped two cars of sheep to the same
market.
Two cars of steers were shipped to
Cassoday, Kansas, by Allen Haynes.
Carl Cloud made a shipment of one
car of sheep to Fort Worth.
Mrs. Carl Savage and little son Cax*l
Jr., and Mrs. Roy Reed, who have
been visiting hex’e in the home of Mrs.
Savage’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Gamel, returned Wednesday to their
home in Houston.
Mrs. Wilson Davis of San Antonio
is spending a few days here in the
home of Miss Elaine Webber.
S. L. Fry of Temple has accepted
a position with the Lampasas Fur-
niture Company in this city and took
up his new duties in that store Wed-
nesday.
Judge W. H. Browning and C. A.
Northington attended court in Bur-
net Thursday.
CONFEDERATE VETERAN
DIES IN SAN ANGELO
San Angelo, Texas. April 24.—Col.
Zack I. Williams, 89, said to have been
the last suxwivor of Company E. 23rd
Georgia Regiment, “Stonewall” Jack-
son’s regiment, died at his home here
today after a long illness.
Wm. Lee Lockhart x-eturned home
Wednesday night from a vacation
trip to San Angelo where he visited
in the heme of his aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Claud Allen. He has accepted a po-
sition with the firm of Stokes Bros.
& Company and assumed his new du-
ties Thursday morning.
Adamsville Items
By Reporter.
This week greets us with la real cool
norther. Some were about to decide
it was going to bring Mr. Jack Frost
around again but it seems warmer
this afternoon so guess he will have
to go farther north this time.
Sheep shearing is the order of the
day most every where and with all
kinds of field work, gardens, chickens
and turkeys, it keeps everyone about
the place, busy.
Glad to report Robert Shurtleff as
getting along nicely. Mrs. Ben Ros-
en is improving but sorry to say Aunt
Sealy Rosen is no better and is Very
low in a Temple hospital.
The funeral procession with the
body of Mrs. William Taylor passed
through Adamsville Monday mom-'
ing. The body was laid to rest in the
Pilgrim Rest cemetery. Several peo-
ple from this place attended the fun-
eral. We can only say to the dear
husband and children, trust in God
for strength to overcome such grief
as this and 'live to try to meet that
dear mother in that home not made
with hands and remember this world
is full of disappointments and trouble
but there is no disappointments in
heaven,no sickness, no sorrow nor
cax*e. May God bless, guide and pro-
tect each of the de'ar family.
Mrs. James LeCompte and little
daughter, Mary Katheryn an dMrs. H.
S. Jackson and little daughter, Irene
and little Elbert Cox were dinner
guests of Miss Lyda Willy and moth-
er. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Patterson of
Brownwood are visiting Mr. Patter-
son’s father and other relatives of
Adamsville and Mount View.
Mrs. Velma Fields and little son,
Garnett, of Dallas are visiting Mrs.
Field’s bx*other, Luke Ligon and look-
ing after some business.
Mrs. Jack Holley and childrexx of
Coleman spent the week-end with
Mx*s. Holley’s father, J. R. Moses. W.
H. Moses and family of Lampasas
spent Sunday afternoon with J. R.
Moses and Miss Lula.
Miss Vera Burns spent Satux’day
night with Miss Cenith Smith.
HOLDS LAW IS VOID ON
PAYING ANIMAL TRAPPERS
Eastland, Texlas, April 24.—County
Commissioner’s Court have no author-
ity to spend the county’s funds for
salaries of predatory animal trappers,
accox’ding to a ruling made by District
Judge W. R. Chapman of Abilene, who
px’esided in the case of E. C. Foi*d et
al, vs. Eastland county et al, tried in
the Eighty-Eighth District Court here
in March, in which the question was
involved.
Judge Chapman held that the cap-
tion of the article dealing with this
subject did not cover the subject mat-
ter in the article and therefore the
statute is void.
The Eastland County Commission-
er’s Court had employed four trap-
pers, who were operating under the
direction of the Federal predatory
animal bureau. The court’s action
brought a protest from many tax-
payers, who employed counsel and
brought a suit against the county in
the Eighty-Eighth District Court.
Judge Been of this coux't was dis-
qualified and Judge Chapman ex-
changed benches with hiixx and tried
the case.
Attox'neys for the county will ap-
peal the case to the Eleventh Court
of Civil Appeals.
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The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1929, newspaper, April 26, 1929; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth891302/m1/3/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.